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Working Papers

2018

1. Indivisibilities in Distribution
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (17)
   Also in Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (2017)

2017

2. Container Imports and the Advantage of Size
   Economic Policy Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

2015

3. The Costs of Quid Pro Quo
   Economic Policy Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis View citations (3)

2014

4. Pay with Promises or Pay as You Go? Lessons from the Death Spiral of Detroit
   Staff Report, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis View citations (1)
5. Paychecks or Promises? Lessons from the Death Spiral of Detroit
   Economic Policy Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis View citations (1)

2013

6. Allocative Efficiency, Mark-ups, and the Welfare Gains from Trade
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (15)
7. New manufacturing investment and unions
   Economic Policy Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
8. Patent data appendix for quid pro quo: Technology capital transfers for market access in China
   Staff Report, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis View citations (3)
9. Quid Pro Quo: Technology Capital Transfers for Market Access in China
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (12)
   Also in Staff Report, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (2013) View citations (3)
10. Technical appendix for quid pro quo: Technology capital transfers for market access in China
    Staff Report, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis View citations (3)

2011

11. Technology capital transfer
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis View citations (1)
12. The case of the disappearing large-employer manufacturing plants: not much of a mystery after all
    Economic Policy Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis View citations (2)

2010

13. An Alternative Theory of the Plant Size Distribution with an Application to Trade
    Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies View citations (32)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2010) View citations (36)
    Finance and Economics Discussion Series, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) (2010) View citations (13)
    Staff Report, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (2010) View citations (13)
14. Competition and productivity: a review of evidence
    Staff Report, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis View citations (106)
15. Exports, Borders, Distance, and Plant Size
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
    Also in Finance and Economics Discussion Series, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) (2010) View citations (3)

2009

16. A Theory of Outsourcing and Wage Decline
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
    Also in Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (2009) View citations (2)
17. Economies of Density versus Natural Advantage: Crop Choice on the Back Forty
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)
    Also in Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (2009) View citations (18)

2008

18. Monopoly and the Incentive to Innovate When Adoption Involves Switchover Disruptions
    Levine's Working Paper Archive, David K. Levine View citations (32)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2008) View citations (28)
    Staff Report, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (2008) View citations (18)
19. The Diffusion of Wal-Mart and Economies of Density
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (28)
    Also in 2006 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics (2006) View citations (5)

2007

20. Dynamics of Union Organizations: A Look at Gross Flows in the LORS Files
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)

2006

21. Geographic Spillover of Unionism
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (36)
    Also in Staff Report, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (2006) View citations (21)

2004

22. The Dynamics of Unionizing Establishments: A Learning Theory and Some Evidence
    2004 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics

2003

23. A Theory of Factor Allocation and Plant Size
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
    Also in Staff Report, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (2003) View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article A theory of factor allocation and plant size, RAND Journal of Economics, RAND Corporation (2008) View citations (16) (2008)

2002

24. Do Mergers Lead to Monopoly in the Long Run? Results from the Dominant Firm Model
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
    Also in Staff Report, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (2000) View citations (4)
25. Geographic concentration and establishment size: analysis in an alternative economic geography model
    Finance and Economics Discussion Series, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) View citations (12)
    See also Journal Article Geographic concentration and establishment size: analysis in an alternative economic geography model, Journal of Economic Geography, Oxford University Press (2004) View citations (32) (2004)
26. The Role of Cities: Evidence From the Placement of Sales Offices
    Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies View citations (5)
    Also in Staff Report, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (2002) View citations (6)
27. The home market and the pattern of trade: round three
    Finance and Economics Discussion Series, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) View citations (3)
    Also in Staff Report, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (2002) View citations (3)

1999

28. Bar codes lead to frequent deliveries and superstores
    Staff Report, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Bar Codes Lead to Frequent Deliveries and Superstores, RAND Journal of Economics, The RAND Corporation (2001) View citations (71) (2001)

1998

29. A gain from trade: more research, less obstruction
    Staff Report, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis View citations (3)

1996

30. How industries migrate when agglomeration economies are important
    Staff Report, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article How Industries Migrate When Agglomeration Economies Are Important, Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier (1999) View citations (14) (1999)
31. Step-by-step migration to efficient agglomerations
    Staff Report, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
32. The effects of state policies on the location of industry: evidence from state borders
    Staff Report, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis View citations (9)

1995

33. Analyzing a proposal to ban state tax breaks to businesses
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Analyzing a proposal to ban state tax breaks to businesses, Quarterly Review, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (1995) View citations (5) (1995)
34. Localization of industry and vertical disintegration
    Staff Report, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis View citations (15)
    See also Journal Article Localization Of Industry And Vertical Disintegration, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (1999) View citations (151) (1999)
35. On the turnover of business firms and business managers
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis View citations (32)
    Also in Working papers, Wisconsin Madison - Social Systems (1992) View citations (13)
    Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies (1994) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article On the Turnover of Business Firms and Business Managers, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (1995) View citations (41) (1995)

1994

36. Resistance to technology and trade between areas
    Staff Report, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis View citations (24)

1993

37. The Effect of temporary Import Protection on Future Prices
    Working papers, Wisconsin Madison - Social Systems

1992

38. Managerial Tenure, Business Age And Small Business Dynamics
    Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies View citations (4)

1991

39. Measuring Small Business Dynamics when Business Age and Managerial Tenure can be Separately Identified
    Working papers, Wisconsin Madison - Social Systems

1990

40. ADVANCE-PURCHASE DISCOUNTS AND MONOPOLY ALLOCATION OF CAPACITY
    Working papers, Wisconsin Madison - Social Systems View citations (16)
    See also Journal Article Advance-Purchase Discounts and Monopoly Allocation of Capacity, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (1993) View citations (148) (1993)
41. THE EFFICIENCY OF ADVANCE-PURSHASE DISCOUNTS IN THE PRESENCE OF INFLEXIBLE PRICES
    Working papers, Wisconsin Madison - Social Systems

1989

42. PRICE FLOORS: A WELFARE ANALYSIS IN A MODEL OF DOMINANT- FIRM PRICING
    Working papers, Wisconsin Madison - Social Systems

1988

43. A THEORY OF ENTERPRENEURSHIP AND ITS APPLICATION TO THE STUDY OF BUSINESS TRANSFERS
    Working papers, Wisconsin Madison - Social Systems View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article A Theory of Entrepreneurship and Its Application to the Study of Business Transfers, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (1990) View citations (209) (1990)

1984

44. Monopoly Bundling of Warranty and Quality When Quality is Unobservable
    Discussion Papers, Northwestern University, Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and Management Science View citations (2)

Journal Articles

2010

1. STRUCTURAL, EXPERIMENTALIST, AND DESCRIPTIVE APPROACHES TO EMPIRICAL WORK IN REGIONAL ECONOMICS*
   Journal of Regional Science, 2010, 50, (1), 5-22 View citations (38)

2008

2. A theory of factor allocation and plant size
   RAND Journal of Economics, 2008, 39, (2), 329-351 View citations (16)
   See also Working Paper A Theory of Factor Allocation and Plant Size, NBER Working Papers (2003) View citations (4) (2003)

2005

3. Does home market size matter for the pattern of trade?
   Journal of International Economics, 2005, 65, (2), 489-505 View citations (29)
4. The Location of Sales Offices and the Attraction of Cities
   Journal of Political Economy, 2005, 113, (3), 551-581 View citations (43)

2004

5. EconomicDynamics Interviews Thomas Holmes on Dynamic Economic Geography
   EconomicDynamics Newsletter, 2004, 6, (1)
6. Geographic concentration and establishment size: analysis in an alternative economic geography model
   Journal of Economic Geography, 2004, 4, (3), 227-250 View citations (32)
   See also Working Paper Geographic concentration and establishment size: analysis in an alternative economic geography model, Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2002) View citations (12) (2002)
7. Mergers and the Evolution of Industry Concentration: Results from the Dominant-Firm Model
   RAND Journal of Economics, 2004, 35, (3), 561-582 View citations (43)
8. Step-by-step Migrations
   Review of Economic Dynamics, 2004, 7, (1), 52-68 View citations (5)

2002

9. Geographic Concentration and Establishment Scale
   The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2002, 84, (4), 682-690 View citations (141)

2001

10. A gain from trade: From unproductive to productive entrepreneurship
    Journal of Monetary Economics, 2001, 47, (2), 417-446 View citations (66)
11. Bar Codes Lead to Frequent Deliveries and Superstores
    RAND Journal of Economics, 2001, 32, (4), 708-25 View citations (71)
    See also Working Paper Bar codes lead to frequent deliveries and superstores, Staff Report (1999) View citations (3) (1999)
12. Competition at work: railroads vs. monopoly in the U.S. shipping industry
    Quarterly Review, 2001, 25, (Spr), 3-29 View citations (21)

1999

13. How Industries Migrate When Agglomeration Economies Are Important
    Journal of Urban Economics, 1999, 45, (2), 240-263 View citations (14)
    See also Working Paper How industries migrate when agglomeration economies are important, Staff Report (1996) View citations (4) (1996)
14. Localization Of Industry And Vertical Disintegration
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1999, 81, (2), 314-325 View citations (151)
    See also Working Paper Localization of industry and vertical disintegration, Staff Report (1995) View citations (15) (1995)
15. Scale of Local Production and City Size
    American Economic Review, 1999, 89, (2), 317-320 View citations (21)

1998

16. Beyond Engineering: How Society Shapes Technology. By Robert Pool. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. Pp. xii, 358. $30.00
    The Journal of Economic History, 1998, 58, (3), 920-921
17. The Effect of State Policies on the Location of Manufacturing: Evidence from State Borders
    Journal of Political Economy, 1998, 106, (4), 667-705 View citations (435)

1996

18. Can consumers benefit from a policy limiting the market share of a dominant firm?
    International Journal of Industrial Organization, 1996, 14, (3), 365-387 View citations (6)
19. Managerial Tenure, Business Age, and Small Business Turnover
    Journal of Labor Economics, 1996, 14, (1), 79-99 View citations (21)
20. Nonresponse Bias and Business Turnover Rates: The Case of the Characteristics of Business Owners Survey
    Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 1996, 14, (2), 231-41 View citations (5)

1995

21. Analyzing a proposal to ban state tax breaks to businesses
    Quarterly Review, 1995, 19, (Spr), 29-39 View citations (5)
    See also Working Paper Analyzing a proposal to ban state tax breaks to businesses, Working Papers (1995) View citations (2) (1995)
22. On the Turnover of Business Firms and Business Managers
    Journal of Political Economy, 1995, 103, (5), 1005-38 View citations (41)
    See also Working Paper On the turnover of business firms and business managers, Working Papers (1995) View citations (32) (1995)
23. Resistance to new technology and trade between areas
    Quarterly Review, 1995, 19, (Win), 2-17 View citations (63)

1993

24. Advance-Purchase Discounts and Monopoly Allocation of Capacity
    American Economic Review, 1993, 83, (1), 135-46 View citations (148)
    See also Working Paper ADVANCE-PURCHASE DISCOUNTS AND MONOPOLY ALLOCATION OF CAPACITY, Working papers (1990) View citations (16) (1990)

1992

25. The efficiency of advance-purchase discounts in the presence of aggregate demand uncertainty
    International Journal of Industrial Organization, 1992, 10, (3), 413-437 View citations (70)

1990

26. A Theory of Entrepreneurship and Its Application to the Study of Business Transfers
    Journal of Political Economy, 1990, 98, (2), 265-94 View citations (209)
    See also Working Paper A THEORY OF ENTERPRENEURSHIP AND ITS APPLICATION TO THE STUDY OF BUSINESS TRANSFERS, Working papers (1988) View citations (1) (1988)

1989

27. The Effects of Third-Degree Price Discrimination in Oligopoly
    American Economic Review, 1989, 79, (1), 244-50 View citations (188)

Chapters

2010

1. Cities as Six-by-Six-Mile Squares: Zipf's Law?
   A chapter in Agglomeration Economics, 2010, pp 105-131 View citations (24)

2009

2. Comment on "Measuring the Dynamics of Young and Small Businesses: Integrating the Employer and Non-employer Universes"
   A chapter in Producer Dynamics: New Evidence from Micro Data, 2009, pp 366-368

2004

3. Spatial distribution of economic activities in North America
   Chapter 63 in Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics, 2004, vol. 4, pp 2797-2843 View citations (102)